Gaming Beyond Good & Evil

[Shinmaru]

I could've sworn that I'd seen a thread on this game a while ago, but a quick search of the forums proved me wrong. Oh well lol.

Anyway, I picked this game up a couple of days ago for the nice price of $20 (XBox version, by the way). I'd been looking forward to buying the game for a while now, because it was so critically acclaimed and a few friends whose opinions I trust when it comes to gaming liked it quite a bit. Unfortunately, I had to place it on the backburner for a while due to lack of money and other games that I just wanted more. I assume that this was the case for many other people, as well, because it sold like crap if memory serves right lol.

I started the game up this morning, and it's been fun so far. Right now, I'm on the first mission of the game where [spoiler]picture of the Pterolimax couple.[/spoiler] Not very far, I know, but whatever lol. One of the game's strong points is supposed to be the different genres it incorporates into the game, and even at this early stage, I've experienced some of that. Thus far, the fighting is nice and smooth, and the camera is managable. The hovercraft is likewise easy to control, and blasting some of the enemies is pretty fun, as well. I assume that when I get to the more stealthy sections of the game that they'll be just as fun, heh.

I know a couple of other people here have played the game. Share your thoughts, opinions, and whatever else on the game. Maybe we can convice a few others to buy it, as well.

[Zidargh]

I got this game for christmas last year, I even wrote a review on it for Tony's 1-Up Gaming site, and I'm going to describe it in one word; Underrated. I think this game is still fairly unknown in the games market, considering it sold poorly. Anyway, I'll talk about what I liked and disliked about it.

Overall, I found the whole atmosphere of Beyond: Good and Evil very enchanting. A fantasy, sci-fi-type world filled with hyprid-type creature and the like. The characters you [i]really[/i] interact with are all incredibly unique and very fun. Especially, [spoiler]a muscular agent you meet who has a hilarious attack of charging into gates and other enemies. His comments are incredible aswell, lol.[/spoiler]

The graphics are very unique, but I feel that sound is where this game really shines. Turn up the volume going through the main canal and you will feel as if you're really on some hover-express way. Alot of the NPC's have random little lines of dialogue aswell, although most of it is just "Hey Jade!", it's still a nice touch.

I found the battle system different. It isn't incredible by any means, but it's also unique. Being able to command your 'co-fighter' to attack is a nice touch, and sharing items during battle raised that element of comraderie.

All I can say is just wait 'til you get to the stealth elements of the game as they can prove quite difficult and adrenaline-bursting.

So yeah, the story was charming, the graphics and sounds were good, and the gameplay was very different compared your other 'off-the-mill' games. I never finished it as I couldn't resist trying out other games, but I heard this was quite a short game. :(